Manager Race and the Race of New Hires

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Giuliano, Laura; Levine, David I.; Leonard, Jonathan
• 署名单位: University of Miami; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/605946
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 589-631
• 关键词: relational demography; DISCRIMINATION; job; EMPLOYMENT; networks; IMPACT

摘要

Using personnel data from a large U. S. retail firm, we examine whether the race or ethnicity of the hiring manager affects the racial composition of new hires. We exploit manager turnover to estimate models with store fixed effects and store-specific trends. First, we find that all non-black managers-that is, whites, Hispanics, and Asians-hire more whites and fewer blacks than do black managers. This is especially true in the South. Second, in locations with large Hispanic populations, Hispanic managers hire more Hispanics and fewer whites than do white managers. We also examine possible explanations for these differential hiring patterns.